UPDATE: Police believe they have caught the pooper.The Ocala Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a perpetual pooper who keeps leaving his dumps outside of the same middle-school classroom.According to the Ocala cops, someone phoned in a report on September 6 that there was feces outside the…
In 1994, then-Gov. Lawton Chiles signed into law a statute that requires Florida high school kids be taught about the Holocaust and the history of black Americans.Now, the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) of Tallahassee has filed a grievance with the Justice Department, claiming that Florida high schools are not…
One of Gov. Rick Scott’s main talking points during his campaign was his “7-7-7” plan, which he said would create 700,000 jobs on top of the projected growth of 1 million Florida jobs by 2017.With the statewide unemployment rate staying at 10.7 percent for the third straight month, the state…
UPDATE: As of 10:20 a.m., there are now 250 people who say they’re showing up on Saturday.Occupy Fort Lauderdale appears to be picking up steam — when we wrote Monday evening that the group announced its first meeting would be held on Saturday, there were about 20 or so people…
The “very violent” man suspected of raping women for more than two years has recorded his fifth attack, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office believes.Investigators have connected the September 23 sexual assault of a 22-year-old to their suspected rapist, marking the second assault linked to the rapist in Lake Worth…
There’s been a common theme among this year’s GOP presidential candidates — firmly planting their lips on the buttcheeks of Sen. Marco Rubio and dropping his name as a potential running mate.If that’s a ploy to win Florida in a general election, it won’t help, according to survey results released…
Devery Broox, 25, was supposed to be the mentor of a 7-year-old Orlando boy.Instead, Broox allegedly beat and abused the boy, then decided to post a video of his “mentor” abilities on YouTube — which included erratically shaving the boy’s hair, putting him through “boot camp,” and allegedly slapping the…
Here’s how 27-year-old Richard Robinson allegedly spent his Wednesday night: Robbing a 7-Eleven store, shooting at police, and getting into an hours-long standoff with the BSO’s SWAT team until surrendering at 4 a.m. today.According to Fort Lauderdale Police Det. Travis Mandell, the cops got a call at 11:30 p.m. yesterday…
The SlutWalk movement is finally coming to South Florida.SlutWalk South Florida has started to develop its online presence, hand out fliers, and begin planning demonstrations to curb sexual assaults and the blame sometimes associated with sexual-assault victims.There’s no precise date set for South Florida’s first SlutWalk, but organizers say they’re…
Andrew Schecter apparently doesn’t like other dogs sniffing his Chihuahua/Jack Russell terrier mix.So much so, in fact, that a jury convicted him yesterday of felony animal cruelty for beating the hell out of a dog with a wooden chair leg and then running away as the dog almost died. According…
Hey — are you a ho? Do you also need a job? If so, you obviously haven’t been looking on Craigslist. A new restaurant opening in Delray Beach needs a few employees, including bartenders, servers, and of course, hos — at least that’s what they’re looking for according to the…
Since 1989, Florida’s dwarfs looking for work as human shot puts for bar-goers have been out of a job due to a ban by the state legislature.Rep. Ritch Workman, a Melbourne Republican, wants to repeal that freedom- and job-killing law.House Bill 4063 was submitted by Workman on Monday, and would…
September’s numbers on employment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics aren’t due until Friday, but a private report says 1,638 Floridians were laid off last month.The consultants at Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. released their findings this morning, reporting that more than 115,000 American workers were laid off last month,…
Janiber “Jane” Andrade Vieira — mother of former Boynton Beach cop/alleged meth trafficker/federal fugitive David Britto — is set to go to trial November 14.Vieira, 51, is accused of helping arrange her son’s escape to Brazil, where he can live freely as a Brazilian citizen.Vieira faces charges of contempt of…
David Wengender, 72, was in charge of watching his two stepgrandchildren while the kids’ parents were out of town.”Grandpa Dave” ended up molesting one of the kids he was supposed to be watching, resulting in his conviction by a jury yesterday.According to a probable-cause affidavit from the Greenacres Department of…
If you happened to attend Florida International University’s loss to Duke over the weekend at FIU Stadium, you may have noticed some signs of the Dos Equis guy with a panther head, a few poorly drawn faces, and a Chuck Testa reference up on the Jumbotron.There’s an explanation for that…
Casey Anthony showed up to her monthly probation meeting yesterday evening and is living a typical American life: She has no money, no job, and she’s been drinking, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.As we’ve mentioned before, Anthony’s terms of probation allow her to drink alcohol, but she’s not…
It’s no surprise by any stretch of the imagination, but Gov. Rick Scott has finally confirmed to the News Service of Florida that he’s going to run for reelection in 2014.His announcement comes on the heels of being polled at the highest approval rating of his governorship — 37 percent.He’s…
A study from the Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy says Florida ranks third, fourth, and fifth out of the 50 states in three different economic indicators.Unfortunately, those indicators are the highest rates of residents without health insurance, the largest percentage of children under 18 without health insurance, and…
New voting laws passed in 14 states — states that control 171 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win a presidential election — could make voting “significantly harder” for more than 5 million people who are actually eligible to vote, according to a new study.As many as 1 million…
More than eight years after 34-year-old Waymon Jenkins — who goes by the nickname “Nut-Nut” — shot and killed his girlfriend in her apartment with a rifle, he was convicted by a jury yesterday of manslaughter with a firearm.Although multiple witnesses said they saw Nut-Nut with a rifle in his…
A Tamarac-based sports agency headed by the son of convicted Scott Rothstein cohort Howard Kusnick is suing local attorney and sports agency owner Darren Heitner, alleging he made libelous comments on his blog about the agency and the elder Kusnick’s role in the company.According to civil court documents filed September…
